- Ruby Bridges
Official website of Ruby Bridges, the education activist and desegragation icon. In 1960, Bridges became the first African American student to attend a formerly segregated elementary school. Find her story, as well as articles and photos.
www.rubybridges.com
- Online NewsHour: A Conversation With Ruby Bridges Hall
1997 interview with Ruby Bridges, who in 1960 became the first African American child enrolled in an all-white, segregated elementary school. Bridges discusses her memory of that day and the hostility she endured. From PBS Online NewsHour.
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html
- Ruby Bridges Foundation, The
Bringing diverse student populations together to develop relationship-building skills, strategies for collaborative work for social change, and an appreciation of differences. Founded by civil rights icon Ruby Bridges.
www.rubybridges.org
- Africana Online: Ruby Bridges
The story of Ruby Bridges, who in 1960 became the first African American child to attend a formerly segregated school, and who had to endure hostility and ostracism from segregationists.
www.africanaonline.com/ruby_bridges.htm
- African American World: Ruby Bridges
Excerpt from Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges' memoir of her experience as the first African American child to attend a formerly all-white elementary school. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight_september.html
- Ruby Bridges Lesson Plan
Resources for second and third grade teachers about Ruby Bridges, who in 1960 became the first African American student to desegregate a formerly all-white school. With activity and assessment ideas.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/rubybrid.html
- African American Registry: Ruby Bridges
Short profile of Ruby Bridges, the civil rights icon who in 1960 braved a hostile crowd to become the first African American student at a formerly all-white elementary student. Learn about Bridges' memories of that day and her career as an activist.
www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1492/Ruby_Bridges_was_a_brave_y...
- Ruby Bridges Evokes Tears, Smiles as She Tells Her Tale
2002 account of a speech by Ruby Bridges, the education activist who as a girl became an emblem of the desegregation controversy. From the Harvard Gazette.
www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.25/01-rubybridges.html
- Ask the Expert: Ruby Bridges
Question and answer session with Ruby Bridges, the civil rights activist who in 1960 became the first African American child to attend a formerly all-white school. Bridges answers questions from middle school students.
www.powertolearn.com/ask_the_expert/expert_archive/ruby_bridges.shtml
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